Gerard Gallant
Gerard Gallant
Gerard "Turk" Gallantis a Canadian ice hockey coach and former NHL player. He is currently the head coach for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League...
five great minutes period playing score second takes third three
We weren't playing great in the second period but we were playing okay. Then they come out and score three in the first five minutes of the third period. It takes a lot out of your team.
against hockey penalties periods
For two periods we were right with them. If it wasn't for the penalties I thought it was an even hockey game. Everything just went against us.
break chances early game goal good periods played third tight
It was a real tight game for two periods then they got the early power-play goal and we kind of played on our heels. We had our chances though. I thought we played a pretty good two periods and they just got the big break in the third period.
caught later legs nights period playing took underneath
It took us a period to get our legs underneath us. I think playing back-to-back nights caught up to them (the Kings) later in the game.
legs period took underneath
It took us a period to get our legs underneath us.
basically exhibition feet guys needed periods playing playoffs team
I told our guys between periods that we're playing a team that's basically in the playoffs right now, and we look like it's an exhibition game. We needed to get our feet moving.
cost great half hockey period played problem season third
We didn't show up to play for a period and a half and it cost us the hockey game. We played a great third period, but it's just one period -- we can't do it for 60 minutes. That's been our problem all season long.
cute game periods played second third though
Once we got through the first 10 minutes, I though we?d be OK. But then the second and third periods were just the high-risk, cute kind of game we haven?t played in a while.
difference hard period plays power second took
The first period we competed hard and battled hard and had some power plays and just couldn't capitalize. In the second they had some power plays and they took advantage. That was the difference in the game. After the first period they just took it to us.
great period
The first period was a great period for us. We capitalized on our chances.
best character coming next seven tonight wish won
We showed our character coming back. I wish we'd won tonight to make it seven games, but we got the next best thing.
best character next pushed seven winning wish won
We showed character. I wish we?d won and pushed (the winning streak) to seven games. But we got the next best thing.
bench bryan everybody gave goal goals huge scores win
It was a huge goal for us. We were down two goals at that point, and then Bryan scores and we?re right back in it. I think it gave everybody on the bench a lift, like, we could win this game.
difference energy last night seem
Big difference from last night to tonight. We didn't seem to have the energy that we did last night.